Bui Diem

Bui Diem was the South Vietnamese ambassador to the United States from 1967 to 1975.

Biography
Bui Diem was the nephew of Tran Trong Kim, the Prime Minister of Dai Nam under Bao Dai, and he founded the Saigon Post in South Vietnam before becoming a diplomat. He served as ambassador to the United States under Nguyen Van Thieu, and he vainly attempted to secure $700 million in military aid against North Vietnam in 1975, the last year of the Vietnam War. After the war, he became a research professor at George Mason University in the United States.